Published February 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Candidate radio absorption line in the quasar PHL 61 - some interpretations

  • 1. Spetsial'naia Astrofizicheskaia Observatoriia, Nizhni Arkhyz, USSR
  • 2. Fiziko-Tekhnicheskii Institut, Leningrad

Description

Radio spectra of PHL 61 (Takahara et al., 1983) are analyzed in a search for CO radio lines of redshift greater than 1. A possible absorption feature at 39.317 GHz is tentatively attributed to one of two CO lines at z(a) = 1.9318 or 1.8578, or to a pair of CN lines at z(a) = 1.8784. Optical, UV, and radio observational tests of this hypothesis are proposed, and it is reported that 320-500-nm observations with the 6-m telescope of the Special Astrophysical Observatory in August-September 1984 did not find the strong redshifted Ly-alpha lines predicted by this interpretation. 14 references

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Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
30
Series
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
16-19
ISSN
0038-5301
CODEN
SAAJA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18063342
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ABSORPTION SPECTRA; CYANOGEN; LYMAN LINES; QUASARS; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; RED SHIFT
Descriptors DEC
COSMIC RADIO SOURCES; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS; SPECTRA

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).